Many-columns table alignment with paper column

Question

I am trying to create the following table (drafted in Excel) in my manuscript.

I am working with two conferences' templates (IEEE & SPLNCS), so I organize my work like so:

├── IEEEtran.cls
├── llncs.cls
├── mainIEEE.tex
├── mainLNCS.tex
├── Introdoction.tex
└── # ... other sections' tex

So that I can navigate between mainEEE.tex and mainLNCS.tex to compile to conference's format.

However, I have difficulty aligning this table to fit with the column of these tamplates (other tables in my doc work fine).

MWE: IEEEtran.cls and llncs.cls

%%%  Introduction.tex
\section{Introduction}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{table}[ht]
    \caption{Some results}
    \label{tab:my_label}
    \centering
    \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} 
    \toprule
     Mode  & \multicolumn{5}{l|}{Precision} & \multicolumn{5}{l|}{Recall} & \multicolumn{5}{l}{F1-score} \
     \cline{2-15}
     & RF & RF-SMOTEd & AdaBoost & SMOTEBoost & DECOC & RF & RF-SMOTEd & AdaBoost & SMOTEBoost & DECOC & RF & RF-SMOTEd & AdaBoost & SMOTEBoost & DECOC \
     \midrule
     cat &1&2&3&4&5 &1&2&3&4&5 &1&2&3&4&5\
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabularx}
\end{table}

mainLNCS.tex output:

\documentclass[runningheads]{llncs}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\title{Manuscript Title (SPLNCS) }
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
The abstract in 150--250 words.
\keywords{keyword1  \and keyword2} 
\end{abstract}
\input{Introduction}
%\bibliographystyle{splncs04}
%\bibliography{Bib/references}
\end{document}

mainIEEE.tex output:

\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}
\IEEEoverridecommandlockouts
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e}
\def\BibTeX{{\rm B\kern-.05em{\sc i\kern-.025em b}\kern-.08em
    T\kern-.1667em\lower.7ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125emX}}
\begin{document}
\title{Conference Paper Title (IEEEtran)}
\begin{abstract}
This document is a model and instructions for \LaTeX.
This and the IEEEtran.cls ...
\end{abstract}
\begin{IEEEkeywords}
keyword1, keyword2
\end{IEEEkeywords}
\input{Introduction}
\end{document}

First, tabularx is only useful if you have X columns. Otherwise it is the same as a plain tabular. Second, there is no way you are going to fit that table on a page, much less one column, and still be legible.. I suggest you turn it into three sequential tabulars. Or rotate the headings. — John Kormylo, Mar 02 '23 at 17:56
change to sequetial tabular? Can you add details to this please (or an answer)? — arilwan, Mar 02 '23 at 18:00
3 tabulars, possibly in 3 tables [ht] with one caption. I would rather try the rotated headers approach. BTW, booktabs does not like vertical lines in tables. — John Kormylo, Mar 02 '23 at 18:04
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/332902/my-table-doesnt-fit-what-are-my-options — Fran, Mar 02 '23 at 18:17

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 02 '23 at 18:28

This shows how to use rotated headers. Note the use of tabular* and \extracolsep to precisely fit the column.

\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}
\IEEEoverridecommandlockouts
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{table}[ht]
    \caption{Some results}
    \label{tab:my_label}
    %\centering
    \tabcolsep=0pt
    \begin{tabular}{\linewidth}{@{\extracolsep{0pt plus 1fil}}lccccccccccccccc}
    \toprule
     Mode  & \multicolumn{5}{l}{Precision} & \multicolumn{5}{l}{Recall} & \multicolumn{5}{l}{F1-score} \
     \midrule
     & \rotatebox{90}{RF} & \rotatebox{90}{RF-SMOTEd} & \rotatebox{90}{AdaBoost} & 
      \rotatebox{90}{SMOTEBoost} & \rotatebox{90}{DECOC} & \rotatebox{90}{RF} &
      \rotatebox{90}{RF-SMOTEd} & \rotatebox{90}{AdaBoost} & \rotatebox{90}{SMOTEBoost} & 
      \rotatebox{90}{DECOC} & \rotatebox{90}{RF} & \rotatebox{90}{RF-SMOTEd} & 
      \rotatebox{90}{AdaBoost} & \rotatebox{90}{SMOTEBoost} & \rotatebox{90}{DECOC} \
     \midrule
     cat &1&2&3&4&5 &1&2&3&4&5 &1&2&3&4&5\
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
\end{table}
\lipsum[2-6]
\end{document}

Zarko · Answer 2 · 2023-03-02T19:51:36.017

It is not entirely clear, what is content of your table. Just one digit numbers= Or sime one letter symbol?
If above is the case, than you can rotate column headers as shown in @John Kormylo answer
As supplement to his answer here is suggestion which use tabularray package supported by rotating and makecell packages.
With - With ieeetran` document class:

\documentclass[runningheads]{llncs}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\begin{document}
\title{Manuscript Title (SPLNCS) }
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
The abstract in 150--250 words.
%\keywords{keyword1  \and keyword2}
\end{abstract}
\section{Introduction}
\lipsum[11]
    \begin{table}[ht]
    \caption{Some results}
    \label{tab:my_label}
    \centering
\settowidth\rotheadsize{SMOTEBoost}
\renewcommand\theadfont{}
\begin{tblr}{hlines, vlines,
             colspec = { l *{15}{X[c]} },
             cell{2}{2-Z} = {cmd=\rothead}
             }
\SetCell[r=2]{c}    Mode

    &   \SetCell[c=5]{c} Precision
        &   &   &   &   &   \SetCell[c=5]{c}    Recall 
                            &   &   &   &   &   \SetCell[c=5]{c}    F1-score
                                                &   &   &   &       \
    & RF

        & RF-SMOTEd 
            & AdaBoost 
                & SMOTEBoost 
                    & DECOC 
    & RF
        & RF-SMOTEd
            & AdaBoost
                & SMOTEBoost
                    & DECOC
    & RF
        & RF-SMOTEd
            & AdaBoost
                & SMOTEBoost
                    & DECOC                         \
cat & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5

        & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5

            & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5                     \
\end{tblr}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

With ieeetran document class:

\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}
\IEEEoverridecommandlockouts
%\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
% ...
\begin{tblr}{hlines, vlines,
             colspec = { l *{15}{X[c]} },
             colsep=3pt,    % <---
             cell{2}{2-Z} = {cmd=\rothead}
             }
% rest is the same as before

Many-columns table alignment with paper column

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